Adequacy or inadequacy of defence allocation largely lies in the manner it is spent keeping in view the defence requirements for meeting operational and strategic goals and to have the needed defence preparedness to deal with threats.

• Narinder Gupta |
• March 18, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

Karzai’s use of the word ‘proxy war’ in relation to India’s reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts can only be understood in view of the West’s fatigue in Afghanistan and the growing importance of Pakistan

• Arvind Gupta |
• March 18, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

Notwithstanding revelations about the secret nuclear pact, the Japan-US alliance is likely to remain strong and the East Asian security order will continue to be determined by the American presence

• Rajaram Panda |
• March 16, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

The disclosure of this agreement is aimed at scoring political points as well as addressing the discontent among the nuclear allergic Japanese who want adherence to the non-nuclear principles in letter and sprit.

• Shamshad A. Khan |
• March 16, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

China has to accept that the long term solution to Tibetan discontent lies in granting greater autonomy to Tibetans instead of pursuing assimilation oriented policies.

• Gunjan Singh |
• March 12, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

Contradictions in India-China relations provide the rationale for greater engagement exactly like it has done in the case of US-China relations.

• Avinash Godbole |
• March 10, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

While the asymmetrical threat will have an effect on warfare at strategic, operational and tactical levels, the threat will be most dramatic at the operational level.

• K C Dixit |
• March 09, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

The Naxal challenge is a wake up call to rejig our internal security instruments and restore their organizational ethos, autonomy and operational credibility.

• Raj Shukla |
• March 09, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

If Pakistan succumbs to American pressure, it will continue to be engaged in a long war of attrition on its western borders. If Pakistan resists American pressure, it will be isolated in the world and the international community will have to fall back upon India to put a firewall around the AfPak region.

• Sushant Sareen |
• March 08, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

In a fundamental shift in its position on the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, Pakistan has made it known that it will join the NPT only as a recognised nuclear weapons state.

• Ch. Viyyanna Sastry |
• March 08, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments